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QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 03:46 PM) Thats why I idolized this guy growing up. Seriously, he was insane. Him and Griffey, yeah. I was obsessed with them as a kid. 1994 really did a lot of damage to me as a baseball fan and I never really fully recovered until 2005.

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) 3.12, 3.87, 3.61, 3.50, 5.12 These are the ERAs from the guys on that 2005 staff. We are not as far from this as everyone purports. Certainly not close, but lets not romanticize that year's pitching. A divorce-less Jose up year, and one guy surprises us.... just sayin lets play the games. Just like that year, we need to belt a lot of runs. This part of the equation does not change with us. 4 guys in the rotation with ERAs in the 3s? Yes, yes we are. For this entire rotation to do that would be kind of miraculous.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) What do you think of 3rd, 4th, AND 5th starter woes? Of all the things you're pissed off about, why isn't THIS in your OP? You don't even mention Garland, or anything yet you complain about having an overcrowded outfield as if that was a bad thing coming off a season in which we had Terrero and Erstad playing a ton of games.

You know, I don't think I need more reasons to dislike Hillary.

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 12:06 PM) I personally feel that the absolute best from Anderson this year still puts us in the familiar position of having the 345 bashers coming up with no one on second. The "absolute best from Anderson" I guess implies that he is playing to his full potential, which would mean he was an All-Star caliber CF. The problem with him has been that he couldn't play to his potential. If he could, we'd have no problem.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 01:13 PM) No, it's because White Sox baseball is f***ing awesome and there's no better feeling in the world* than cracking open a beer and watching opening day, regardless of whether the team is going to be terrible or amazing. * - watching the Bears win for a change b/c it's so rare Other than that, yeah

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 12:18 PM) If I'm reading these correctly...even counting Dick Cheney giving 75% of his earnings to charities...Dick Cheney took home $1.95 million before taxes in 2005. The Obama family took home 60% of that total value in the 5 year period from 2000-2004. If this isn't a great argument for progressive taxation, I don't know what is. I wonder how long it took for them to pay off their Ivy League student loans?

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) That's a great point, however I don't see anything other than a 2 party system for a long time, maybe the rest of my lifetime. I think this because each party isn't going to want to give up people from their party to start a new one. If there's one thing both parties agree on, keeping a 2 party system might be one of them. less people = less political power, you're right. In order for it to fix it'd mean both parties had to give up people at the same time, and unless 2 parties were splintering off at the same time from each party, they would lose influence and be dominated by the other party indefinitely. So whenever there is some kind of election form it's only to solidify the 2-party system more so that can't happen.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 11:28 AM) In the rubberstamp era, it is nothing like that. The President tells congress the budget he wants, and his congressional lapdogs jump up and do it. It has been that way forever. Yes, technically you are correct, but in practice, the President is doing the leg work. That's a failing of this rigid 2-party system, if you ask me. Plus, what's the point of having checks and balances if the president and both houses of Congress are controlled by the same party?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 08:10 AM) Ah yes, the Democrats standing for Democracy, except when it is their own party... If they are going to whine about the electoral college ever again, they need to do away with the superdelegates. Period. Absolutely. It's really undemocratic.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 26, 2008 -> 09:14 AM) It sure makes him the most qualified to talk about the troops and how they should be handled, which is one of the MAJOR issues in the war. It will be an odd election in the sense that none of the candidates has any executive experience, so it will be interesting to see which of them is perceived to be better in budgetary matters because there isn't a one of them who has done it before. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but Congress is the one who sets budgets, not the president? I thought all the president does is approve or veto.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 10:53 PM) The correct way to do exactly that, and to rest both Dye and Thome...is to DH Dye for a few days and put Quentin in RF for those days. haha I read your post and I was about to say "no no they should DH Dye and use Quentin in RF" and then realize thats exactly what you said. I'm dumb.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't she say it more than once?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 10:26 PM) I've been against Iraq war since the start and haven't had anyone accused me of being "blame America first" or a traitor. Really? I took a whole lot of flak for it. I wanted double the effort in Afghanistan and to leave Iraq alone and thought the path we were going down was really stupid, and was going to be a mistake. But the responses I'd get were to the effect of "you're a brainded liberal, you don't have a clue"

That's been one of my bigger issues with this country the last few years, if you dare criticize anything the leadership in this country does, specifically its strategy in the "war on terror" until recently when certain things became obvious, you get labeled as a "silly liberal" or being part of the "blame America first" crowd somehow. People start trying to talk down your patriotism. Doesn't work with me though, I have several trump cards over that nonsense.

I think I've had enough of this now

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 09:33 PM) I mean I worry as well, what if Uribe puts up .270 with 30HR's this season? Do the Sox re-sign him to a big contract? Because I think he would pack it in ALA Beltre, because he hasn't performed any other season when his contract hasn't been on the line. Hell no.

Had you asked me in any other way besides that condescending know-it-all tone you just used and have been using I might've actually given you a straight answer. Instead I'll just leave it at "NOYFB"

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 09:08 PM) Im saying that I think you have no right to say anything is handed to people because theyre white an make it sound like black people have two strikes against them coming out of the womb when you have stated that none of the things listed as hurdles for the black community have ever applied to you. However, when I say I never had these bulls*** advantages and in all actuality I have lived through the stereotypes you are trying to portray as black problems and overcame them but since Im white it doesnt count. Now when I ask what high school you went to its because I want to know if you are credible enough to make the claims you have because of life experiences and not because its tolerated because of the color of your skin. Thats what racism is. Thats where the double standard lies and you are in no position to criticize my thoughts or opinions or even life experiences because you havent been through any of it. Who is the one thats racist when Im trying to form opinions based on what people have been through in their lives and you are making assumptions of people based on the color of their skin? I went to Whitney Young. But I didn't get in there because I had good grades or test scores, I made sure I told them I had a black mother about 4 or 5 times so I could be sure I got in. I know that in my going, a white kid who had near-perfect grades didn't get in. Good for me. F*** him. I'm a minority and I'm entitled to it.

I guess that all depends on whether you actually think everything Wright stands for is fully represented in a short collection of 30-second video clips, and you extrapolate that over a period of 20 years.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 08:08 PM) Last time I checked, during weddings, the priest says; "Till death do you part." Even though I have a strong dislike for her, Hillary standing by her husband (even thought it was probably for political reasons) is something that should be admired, not frowned upon. That's basically my point, same logic applies. Obama could've thrown his pastor under the bus if he wanted. It would've been easy for him to.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 07:30 PM) What high school did you go to again? I'm curious to know where you're going with this

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 07:24 PM) Whos fault is that? The students. Because they are all stupid.

lol a guy broke into my house once. I'm an expert on home break-ins Also, I think it's pretty bad ass that you completely dismissed everything I said a couple posts ago that explained how the type of thing that happened to your brother ends up happening. But nevermind, you're the "expert." Go spread your gospel. I couldn't possibly have a point.Like I said, I'm done. This is getting nowhere and I have better things to do.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 25, 2008 -> 06:52 PM) Unless you have been introduced to it first hand then quit pretending to be an expert. It's really ironic that you say this to me while you do the same thing. I'm done with this. Knock yourself out.